Vincente Minnelli: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Lester Anthony Minnelli
Born	February 28, 1903 • Chicago • Illinois
Died	July 25, 1986 (aged 83) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1959)
Notable Works	“A Matter of Time” • “An American in Paris” • “At Home Abroad” • “Brigadoon” • “Father of the Bride” • “Gigi” • “Goodbye Charlie” • “Lust for Life” • “Meet Me in St. Louis” • “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” • “Some Came Running” • “The Bad and the Beautiful” • “The Band Wagon” • “The Clock” • “The Pirate”
Notable Family Members	spouse Judy Garland • daughter Liza Minnelli

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Vincente Minnelli, seated at right, discusses a storyboard with actress Lana Turner, seated at left in costume, on the set of The Bad and the Beautiful.

Lena Horne, smiling in a polka-dot dress and large hat, leans toward Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, who looks serious, in a scene from Cabin in the Sky (1943).

Margaret O'Brien and Judy Garland stand together smiling in a scene from Meet Me in St. Louis, with Garland wearing a ruffled dress and O'Brien in a nightgown.

Oscar Levant sits at a piano while Gene Kelly dances beside him in a room with an open window, in a scene from An American in Paris (1951).

Kirk Douglas as Jonathan Shields stands on a ladder beside Lana Turner as Georgia Lorrison, who gestures dramatically from a decorated theater balcony in The Bad and the Beautiful.

Cyd Charisse poses in a dramatic dance stance wearing a sequined dress with sheer sleeves in a publicity still from The Band Wagon directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Anthony Quinn, Pamela Brown, and Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life

Lauren Bacall and Gregory Peck stand by a decorated cake on a table in a scene from Designing Woman (1957); Bacall wears a light blouse and skirt, Peck a white shirt and tie.

Leslie Caron smiles while posing in a plaid dress and wide-brimmed hat, holding a book, in costume for the musical film Gigi.

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